ROTFLMAO @ gohogs meltdown. "Trump won, so get over it." What the heck does that have to do with this election? I knew you never really contributed to any of these conversations, but now you've proven you're incapable of it. Can't wait to see your meltdown at the 2018 mid-terms.

GM, I did some research on MN politics and I'll agree, you aren't smart. St. Cloud is far from liberal, with strong support for Republicans throughout the years. I came to that conclusion looking at election results from Stearns County. Secondly, that editorial was SUGGESTING a Republican senator could provide a better balance fore Minnesota. There was never any suggestion that Democrats should worry about the senate seat when it's up for election....I base my comment on fact, not some alternate universe you live in.

Pack, they are putting a rush on that to get it passed and signed before Jones enters the Senate. It's a rush job with lots of mistakes, flaws, and potholes. It will be picked apart by Democrats in 2018 to use as fodder against Republicans. They may have made a big mistake by rushing this through without really dealing with all the mistakes. Democrats can hold up a copy, if they can lift the behemoth, tagged with all the mistakes and impacts to average Americans. It'll make for a great campaign prop. Thank you Republicans for handing the mid-terms to the Democrats.

They are in a rush to get this passed before Jones enters the Senate. You can bet they are trading horses, giving away farms, and promising anything they can to get this done. It's a rush job and those are never good. We'll see what it looks like WHEN it finally is unveiled. All the while, they continue to raise the deficit and the debt, things they chastised Democrats about for decades. The party of hypocrisy, but too dumb to admit it.

GM then why do they have a Democrat for a governor? Why are they replacing a Democrat for a senator? Why has MN has supported the Democratic candidate for president for decades? The other senator is a Democrat. Am I missing something here?

GM, in MN? I knew you weren’t too smart on these issues, but now you prove it. BTW, the party in power always takes losses at the mid-term. With regards to to AL, Republicans had ever opportunity to fix this but decided to stick with the accused pedophile. Then there’s the idiot Trump who was all in for Moore leading up to the election until Moore lost. Then he said he never really supported Moore. No wonder Republicans struggle to pass anything. They have a feckless leader at the top.

Tax cuts on top of a budget that increases the deficit along with a defense budget of $700 billion that will be cut unless the caps are lifted. For all the bellyaching Republicans had about Democrats, they seem to be the ones guilty of out of control increases in the deficit and debt. Of course, they'll come back next year and start hacking at domestic spending. In other words, screw the people of the country. Make sure the money flows to the defense companies who's lobbyists keep their campaign coffers padded.

AL voters also sent a message to Trump that integrity matters which he should take to heart. The margin in the Senate is now 1 vote which means he has to thread a much smaller needle to get any legislative victories. Maybe it's time for him to start considering working WITH Democrats rather than dividing the nation.

Today's USA Today editorial takes Trump to task for his crude and sexist tweet regarding Gillibrand. The editorial is harsh, but appropriate for the situation. Trump is unfit to be president and will go down in history as one our worst. He relishes in dragging the office to the gutter and caters to a demographic that is incapable of looking at things rationally....Now Trump is stuck with a Senate with a 1 vote margin. After the 2018 elections, there is a good chance that could erode further which would all but put a halt to any legislation moving forward. It is time he face the facts and start changing things or risk going down as the worst president elected by our nation.